page_title: West Bromwich
section_title: Education
hierarchical_section_title: West Bromwich / Education
caption_attribution_description: Headed to West Bromwich again, this time to see the new statue of The Three Degrees, three famous Black British Caribbean football players of West Bromwich Albion. The Celebration: Brendon Batson, Laurie Cummingham and Cyrille Regis. It was sculpted in bronze by Graham Ibbeson and unveiled in May 2019. I popped along in the late summer.
context_page_description: West Bromwich is a market town in the borough of Sandwell, West Midlands, England. Historically part of Staffordshire, it is 6.4 miles northwest of Birmingham. West Bromwich is part of the area known as the Black Country, in terms of geography, culture, and dialect. West Bromwich had a population of almost 78,000 in 2018.
  Initially a rural village, West Bromwich's growth corresponded with that of the Industrial Revolution, owing to the area's natural richness in ironstone and coal, as well as its proximity to canals and railway branches. It led to the town becoming a centre for coal mining, brick making, the iron industry, and metal trades such as nails, springs, and guns. The town's primary economy developed into engineering, manufacturing, and the automotive industry through the early 20th century. During the Second World War, West Bromwich experienced bombing from the German Luftwaffe. It also suffered heavily during recessions in the mid 1970s, early 1980s, and late 2000s.
  The town is known for its football club, West Bromwich Albion, who have played in the town since the club's formation in 1878.
context_section_description: The largest educational provider in the town is the Central Campus of Sandwell College. This is housed in a £77 million building opened in February 2012. The college is capable of enrolling over 5,000 students each year across many curriculum areas. Central Sixth delivers the college's A-Level programme covering some thirty different subject areas. Facilities in the Central Campus include a Boeing 737 fuselage used for training aircabin crew and a dental surgery used to train dental nurses. Central Campus also offers a wide variety of apprenticeships and a small number of Higher Education programmes.
  The town is served by five secondary schools: George Salter Academy, Health Futures UTC, the Phoenix Collegiate, Q3 Academy and Sandwell Academy. A new secondary school, West Bromwich Collegiate Academy, opened in September 2019.
  The town has 21 primary schools in total. Some of which are Lodge Primary School, St. John Bosco RC Primary School,Ryders Green Primary School,  All Saints' CofE Primary School, St Mary Magdalene, Hateley Heath and Eaton Valley.
  Sandwell Academy serves the whole of West Bromwich (along with the rest of Sandwell), Phoenix Collegiate Academy serves the area around Hateley Heath, Tantany, Charlemont and Grove Vale and Stone Cross, West Midlands. George Salter Academy serves the west of the town near the border with Tipton. Q3 Academy serves the north-eastern part of the town around Great Barr.
  The area was also served by Churchfields High School, approximately 1 mile (2 km) to the north of the town centre. Due to constant closure rumours, less and less pupils began enrolling to attend the school and it was closed in July 2001. The site has since been redeveloped for housing.
caption: Statue of the Three Degrees by Graham Ibbeson, in West Bromwich
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